They make the laws after all, why should they have to follow them? /s]]>Due process?https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150331/12143730502/ross-ulbrichts-lawyers-were-told-about-corrupt-investigators-barred-using-that-during-his-trial.shtml#c16
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:38:30 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150331/12143730502/ross-ulbrichts-lawyers-were-told-about-corrupt-investigators-barred-using-that-during-his-trial.shtml#c16https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150330/08345330483/virginia-towns-using-federally-funded-license-plate-readers-to-collect-local-taxes.shtml#c193
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:37:39 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150330/08345330483/virginia-towns-using-federally-funded-license-plate-readers-to-collect-local-taxes.shtml#c193God help you if you buy a used car from someone who money on property tax. You could find your car impounded. When you buy a used car, you file a form with the DMV letting them know that you bought a car and that you are not responsible for outstanding traffic tickets or parking tickets. I wonder if this same information protects you from property tax liens.]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150327/05395130459/cord-cutting-denial-is-alive-well.shtml#c245
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:36:09 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150327/05395130459/cord-cutting-denial-is-alive-well.shtml#c245Same with DVD rentals vs purchases. IF I BUY/PAY FOR something, then I don't want further money schemes such as additional ads and commercials. If I PAY FOR cable, give me commercial free viewing. Commercials are a way to make money that should be offered for free/cheap service. Don't want to pay for cable? Ok here is a free, ad/commercial supported cable service. Oh, want to pay $50 a month, then here is your ad-free cable service.

I also think that if you PAY for ALL of cable channels, you should also have them unlocked and free for streaming purposes. For Example, AMC. I should be able to use my Roku to pull up all of the past AMC shows and series. It shouldn't be an extra service.]]>Re: HTTPS under attackhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150331/07002030498/chinas-great-firewall-turned-around-why-china-wants-to-censor-global-internet.shtml#c73
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:30:55 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150331/07002030498/chinas-great-firewall-turned-around-why-china-wants-to-censor-global-internet.shtml#c73Re: Re: Re: Re: power amplificationhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150330/09363830485/can-you-cyberbully-corporation.shtml#c411
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:30:01 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150330/09363830485/can-you-cyberbully-corporation.shtml#c411www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9wXq6oRBnI

I foresee a time when all social media will be so inundated with ads or other corporate trackers that large corporations will be back on the same footing as the individual. It could be the company to control the narrative takes legal, financial, or censoring action, then again they might just realize they suck and change how they operate (here's hoping).

At some point someone new will create a different service that makes it possible to once again outplay the large entities, thus amplifying the power of the people again. It will always be a cat and mouse game between who has the power.

Look at the music industry and online streaming. At first people realized that Napster was a way to try music and find out if they liked an artist before buying the music. Finally music companies started selling online and they profited and regained control of their market. Until someone else found that you could stream music free supported by ads. Or that you could create P2P networks, use VPNs or other services to get around the power of the music giants. Indie artists could start selling to the public without going through record labels and so the indies became bigger and pulled more control from the giants.

Innovation and change are required to retain power. The model that allows the most agility in the market will be the model that survives and later adopted by legacy players to the market. The Internet is a power amplification machine because only the agile models get adopted. First by the individuals or small companies and then later by the big ones. Once the big companies get involved they have the money to continue to amplify their power so they become more powerful again. Just have to wait for the next innovation to give us back the power.]]>Business As Usualhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150330/13592030490/federal-agents-investigating-silk-road-accused-stealing-bitcoin-abusing-govt-power-issuing-fake-subpoenas.shtml#c205
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:27:49 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150330/13592030490/federal-agents-investigating-silk-road-accused-stealing-bitcoin-abusing-govt-power-issuing-fake-subpoenas.shtml#c205Love minehttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150331/11331230500/daily-deals-keysmart-20-compact-key-organizer.shtml#c47
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:20:34 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150331/11331230500/daily-deals-keysmart-20-compact-key-organizer.shtml#c47Plus I paid $20...]]>Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150331/11331230500/daily-deals-keysmart-20-compact-key-organizer.shtml#c36
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:17:21 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150331/11331230500/daily-deals-keysmart-20-compact-key-organizer.shtml#c36appropriate forcehttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150327/17281430466/maybe-best-way-to-stop-all-this-swatting-is-to-have-fewer-swat-teams.shtml#c549
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:15:21 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150327/17281430466/maybe-best-way-to-stop-all-this-swatting-is-to-have-fewer-swat-teams.shtml#c549He arrived by train and was met by the city fathers.

"They only sent one Ranger?"

"You only had one riot."]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150331/11331230500/daily-deals-keysmart-20-compact-key-organizer.shtml#c25
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:15:17 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150331/11331230500/daily-deals-keysmart-20-compact-key-organizer.shtml#c25https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150330/10173830486/verizon-ceo-pushing-congress-bipartisan-consensus-that-government-should-never-ever-stand-up-to-broadband-duopolists.shtml#c123
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:14:22 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150330/10173830486/verizon-ceo-pushing-congress-bipartisan-consensus-that-government-should-never-ever-stand-up-to-broadband-duopolists.shtml#c123Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150330/17530530492/competition-music-space-is-great-fragmentation-music-space-is-dangerous.shtml#c432
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:06:40 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150330/17530530492/competition-music-space-is-great-fragmentation-music-space-is-dangerous.shtml#c432Actually the music publishing industry is making sure that's not the case.]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150330/09363830485/can-you-cyberbully-corporation.shtml#c400
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:05:06 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150330/09363830485/can-you-cyberbully-corporation.shtml#c400Take the entertainment groups as a prime example, but Monasanto would work or most of the large corporations that believe labor should be so cheap that they shouldn't pay the worker a living wage.

The MPAA and the RIAA are constantly in the news and if it's not them then it's their sockpuppets in other countries. I've gotten to where I hate them and their belief of their righteous entitlements. I want not one penny of my money going to support them. That means not buying their products. You piss me off, I am not going to buy your product.]]>Re: Re: A high-performance disaster.https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100901/04493010855/dailydirt-gattaca-here-we-come.shtml#c370
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:02:35 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100901/04493010855/dailydirt-gattaca-here-we-come.shtml#c370What you describe is a "not my fault" defense argument from his trial. On par with the Twinkie defense, the PMS defense, the John Yoo said it was OK defense, etc.]]>Re: Verizon's CEO should be ashamedhttps://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150330/10173830486/verizon-ceo-pushing-congress-bipartisan-consensus-that-government-should-never-ever-stand-up-to-broadband-duopolists.shtml#c122
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:59:44 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150330/10173830486/verizon-ceo-pushing-congress-bipartisan-consensus-that-government-should-never-ever-stand-up-to-broadband-duopolists.shtml#c122You can do this, you just need to rename your company to "bank of ..."]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150327/05395130459/cord-cutting-denial-is-alive-well.shtml#c223
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:57:47 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150327/05395130459/cord-cutting-denial-is-alive-well.shtml#c223I don't need a vehicle to serve me ads. That's what the shows are about today. I don't need to pay a bill that is far too expensive for the product offered with service that is next to nothing if you have problems. Here's another clue, if I do have problems I would like to talk to a real person who understands english, can speak it, and can offer actual solutions that work or forward it to a work crew if they can't. It's not up to me to make your product better or make it work.

Finally, price. Where did you get the idea that there is an endlessly filled wallet in each of our pockets? Ever hear that people are having a hard time while they aren't getting paid much? The price raises on cable and PPV tv are insane. When it comes to a crunch and you have to decide what to cut out, it's not very hard to make that decision when you look at how much you are paying for what you are getting. The continual jacking the price does have a result and cord cutting is shoving it in your face you've went beyond that point.]]>HTTPS under attackhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150331/07002030498/chinas-great-firewall-turned-around-why-china-wants-to-censor-global-internet.shtml#c67
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:47:58 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150331/07002030498/chinas-great-firewall-turned-around-why-china-wants-to-censor-global-internet.shtml#c67Because all Github traffic is encrypted via HTTPS, China can't just block access to those URLs, because it doesn't know specifically what's being accessed.

This puts the story where Google found that a Certificate Authority was issuing unauthorized certificates into a new light.]]>